Sentences with phrase «mounted picket lines»

As thousands of postal workers mounted picket lines in the first of two 24 hour walk - outs, further industrial action is expected to be announced in an escalation of the bitter Royal Mail dispute.

Strike action was solid across 17 London bus operators, as Unite members mounted picket lines across the capital bringing buses to a standstill and causing widespread disruption.

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Picket lines were also mounted outside courts, council offices, job centres and fire stations across the country as well as outside the Houses of Parliament in London.